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Subscribe to RSSNevada Gov. Brian Sandoval (R) today announced that he would announce a replacement for Sen. John Ensign (R) before May 3, which is the day when Ensign's resignation effectively takes place.
“Pursuant to the relevant law, I expect to announce an appointment before the resignation effective date of May 3," Sandoval said in a statement.
While Sandoval is expected to appoint GOP Congressman Dean Heller -- who is already running for Ensign's seat in 2012 -- the governor said such speculation is "premature."
"I take very seriously the importance of this appointment, so to speculate on potential candidates for appointment before then would be premature.”
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How fun it would be have him appoint Sharnon Angle. The libbies would have a coronary.
Are you kidding me? I would LOVE to see him appoint Angle & her mushroom canister set to DC!
It would GUARANTEE a Democrat would pick up that seat in 2012!
*popcorn*?
Probably so Feisty, but for the year plus she would be in office it would be oh so much fun to watch the dems scream and yell and gnash their teeth. Anyway, it ain't gonna happen, so it is just fun to consider.
sharon would be my pick ...just for the joy it would bring the tea party ... the NM gov must not like the tea partys favorite daughter
Actually kirby - now that I think about it, maybe, the Governor should go with Sue Lowden!
With Ryan's plan to abolish Medicare & Medicaid, I'm positive the seniors might get on board with her "Chicken Care" plan! ;o)
Voting Republicant is equivalent to a chicken voting for Colonial Sanders!
Oh yes, please appoint either one of them.
It might be fun for political junkies but Nevada deserves someone better than Sharron Angle--republican or democrat, there are many far better qualified than her.
Jody, no, Nevada doesnt' deserve better, they picked Sharon in 2010 didn't they?
Another one bites the dust!
Same story, different GOP congressman:
1) Cheat on your wife
2) Deny any wrongdoing
3) Refuse to apologize to the people you hurt
This has to be an actual page in the GOP Handbook.
Sharron Obtuse Angle is running for Dean Heller's seat in 2012. She just doesn't know when to quit.
Stupid woman.
So would Boehner.
Michelle, good point. The GOP did pick her during the primary but apparently a lot of voters didn't go along with the crazy she brought to the table.
Not really,....I think we would pop champagne corks though!
Ensign thought that if he declared that he would not run for re-election, the ethics charges would disappear!
I like you attitude, Kerby, but I suspect I don't share your political beliefs.
BTW: What's the former, toe-tapping Senator from your home state, Larry Craig, doing since he left Washington? Is there any truth to the rumor Idaho is changing its nickname to "The Wide Stance State".
LOL
OK, I have to get this off my chest...why is it the most "socially conservative" person I know, a co-worker active in the anti-gay marriage movement, an evangelical Christian, Is a divorced father whose kids preferred to live with their stepfather and mother?
Why is it the people I know who use the most governmental services: food stamps, Maine Care, Free school lunch for their kids, housing assistance, are all...rabid Republicans? One of my Republican friends blithely told me she gets her birth control pills from Planned Parenthood because it's cheaper, which is a lifesaver on her budget, then speaks contemptuously of the Democratic President who fought to protect funding it.
If you ask me, our political system is distorted to a point it threatens our ability, as a country, to make rational decisions. Politics has become a vehicle for venting ones personal frustrations, rather than a realm for pragmatic decision making. the system is rife with hypocrisy. It's not just "family values" politicians like Ensign and Gingrich who are caught cheating, who are
hypocrites, it's American voters who view whatever services they get as their "right" while voting for Republicans who paint Democrats as nanny state enablers. At some point we, as a nation, need to face up to the disconnect between our opinions and our votes.
Really Amy? You come up with some whoopers!! That's like me saying why do most of the military don't like Obama? See Amy, is it true? I don't know do I or maybe do I?
3Wolves,
Well let's see, my Dad was a WWII vet and a Republican. My brother-in-law is a Vietnam Vet and a Democrat. Seems pretty much what you'd expect, doesn't it? Their political beliefs seem to fit their experiences.
Now we come to what I'm talking about, Republicans, I personally know, who get government assistance, all the while denigrating the Democratic President who tries to protect the safety net. Cognitive dissonance, you know? I find it striking.
Amy, people work the systems of the society in which they live, regardless of how they regard them. I might be in favor of lower speed limits, but that does not stop me of driving as fast as I can under the current laws.
I see the liberals are still trying to be optimistic. Truth is, nothing much has changed for them since their "shellacking" last November and it will get worse as long as Obama is the leader of the Democrats. As long as the economy keeps on its downward spiral, with not near enough jobs being created to build up the tax base and American families straining to live within their budgets. The latter being especially cruel since the government majority of the last fiscal year did not see fit to create a budget for themselves.
Putting Sharon Angle in would be poetic justice since Harry only beat her by pulling out all the dirt he could fabricate or exaggerate against her to garner more votes. Some of which were very suspicious in nature.
bboomer - Harry Reid is still in the Senate because the Republicans found the second biggest, bull moose-loony in the country to run against him; first place, of course, belongs to Christine O'Donnell, whom they nominated in Delaware.
Claiming first and second place in category represents an accomplishment of some sort ...I suppose.
Angry as the Nevada voters were over health care reform legislation and the continued sputtering of the U.S. economy, enough were unwilling to hand the reins of power to a certifiable nutcase.
Over the last 5 months, reading the posts of arch-conservative voters, such as yourself, I'm reminded of some of the high-flying rhetoric voiced by liberals after the 2008 elections. To hear them speak, one would think that no Republican would ever be elected again. Of course, their rosy predictions were as off-target as yours may prove to be. The political pendulum swings both ways in this country, and arc it travels varies in direct relation to the dissatisfaction of the voters.
If the economy continues to improve, if no major crisis evolves in the next 18 months, and if the Republicans persevere in their extremist policies, you'll see the pendulum swing yet again in 2012 ...and Obama will be sworn into office in January of 2013.
Those who refuse to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.
Good morning all
After going through some changes for the past 2 years. I hope every body is prepared for a resurrection today. When you crack open your Easter eggs remember it is symbolic of a new life.
My spiritual offering to you is through the universal languare of music cause we got to live together.
Happy Easter all. I
bboomer-1466467
I see the liberals are still trying to be optimistic. Truth is, nothing much has changed for them since their "shellacking" last November and it will get worse as long as Obama is the leader of the Democrats.
Your fetishization is no different than Donald Trump and this...
http://reidreport.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/birthers-forgot-racism.gif
Of all the symbols associated with Easter the egg, the symbol of fertility and new life, is the most identifiable. The customs and traditions of using eggs have been associated with Easter for centuries.
The egg is most likely linked to pagan symbols of spring, a time for rebirth and a century-old symbolof new life. "Omne vivum ex ovo". This means "all life comes from an egg".
I suggest getting used to change and moving forward to live a better life on the planet.
Santana & Buddy Miles - Them Changes
We got to live together
We got to live together
Yeah, yeah
We got to live together
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26GXcGAIkGE
That’s what we should all be about; yeah; living together.
Mr. and Mrs. Easter bunny, hopefully, found a nice place for you to find your eggs.
Excellent post dman. You are so right about repeating history. Repubs have the power for awhile, voters are disappointed. The dems have the power for awhile, and the voters are disappointed. You'd think the voters would, at some point, realize the reoccurring theme in this cycle and vote differently.
There are many Greens, Libertarians and Socialists out there who would love a shot a putting their philosophies into play for once. It would at east be an interesting change.
the socialist have their shot now.
But Beverly,
How does that equate with the scrambled-eggs-for-brains President we have now??
Edward-1075991
But Beverly,
How does that equate with the scrambled-eggs-for-brains President we have now??
I would think the very fact that they scrambled proves the President's brain is not dead; and is a highly intelligent ,functional, brain capable of thinking past the draconian past T-baggers dwell in .
You do know we have a plenty brain dead GOP/T-Baggers?
T-baggers are weird and makes US look crazy to the rest of the world!!!
Sure Ernie, and UFO's fly out of Jay Leno's butt. At least try to post reasonable comments; it's not that hard.
How come if a senator get's caught with his pants down .. and bribes them to go away .... then he resigns ....then it's no longer a crime ?
I can't imagine Trumpus for four years. He is so prissy and pouty. OBnoxious to the hundredth power.
But just think if he got the job, littleriver- just think how bright and shiny and blinky and strob-ey and gaudy and flashy and trashy the White House Christmas Tree would be! Just imagine it, with that big ol' 'T' up where the star used to go!
DBO, you get a nice gold Trump star for that one--a Trump House Christmas.
Thanks, Jody. The guy just galls the complete, living crap out of me. I mean, you folks on here on a regular basis know how I feel about 'ME FIRST" jerks, right? Well, I challenge anyone to find a bigger one.
See, when you take away the name, the money, the notoriety- and leave just the person himself, he's no better than I am. Not one iota. Does he get to live longer than I do? Maybe yes, maybe no. Does his family love him, or does he love his family more that mine do me, or me them? Who knows- could be exactly the same. Is his drink of water wetter than mine? Nope. Is his sky bluer than mine? Nope. Will he be dead and gone longer than I will someday? Nope. See what I mean?
(ok, he does have a smaller mouth than mine, and bigger hair.....)
I wonder what Trump would do as president? Declare the US bankrupt? That is his expertise. (probably after spending a couple of trillion more.)
Been that way since Bill Clinton got away with it.
Been what, boomer, bankrupt?
Under Clinton, this nation came the closest it has been to balancing the budget in more than 30 years. I won't say it was actually balanced, because a part of balancing involved borrowing from social security funds, which would be like you taking money from your kid's college fund to pay the mortgage. But, nevertheless, our nation's deficit was greatly reduced and we were moving in the right direction.
Yet, you come out and say, "Been that way since Bill Clinton got away with it."
Do you tie your posts to anything at all factual in the real world? Or do you just close your eyes, hit yourself on the head and make stuff up?
Sharron Angle
Oh please please bring on Angle lmao. The problem for Republicants is and will be since no one really knows how this is to be done yet it well may lead to an open election to replace the congressman that the Governor will appoint, thus creating an abundance of Republicants going after that including Angle and making it much easier to win in a district no Democrat has ever held.
you mean "dumbocraps"
Hopefully he will appoint someone who has balanced a checkbook sometime in their past. If they have ever read and understood the Constitution they get double points.
Nice thought. Unfortunately, Trump doesn't know anyone who's balanced a checkbook.
Reading and understanding the Constitution? Trump says that's for lawyers.
I bet he supports tax breaks for the wealthy and corporate tax loopholes though....
Can't he appoint Sue Lowden?
Mmmm...chicken!
The Right has fallen into the Looney Bend.
Loony Bin
AROUND the bend. INTO the bin.
For God's sake, don't
elect 'em again.
And they landed on the left when they fell.
I'll vote for a democrat as soon as they balance the federal budget, without raising taxes. $2.6 trillion dollars should be enough.
Would be interesting if the Governor appoints someone other than Dean Heller. Then what will Heller do, run against a new republican encumbant or go for re-election to the House? If Heller stays where he is, Sharron Angle won't get to run for Heller's seat. This could be fun.
Sue Lowden was right, there was a time (during the last "Great Depression") when doctors would take chickens, barter a paint job, whatever in exchange for medical care.
The unfortunate thing is, some people have had it so bad, they have had to resort to the same practices. However, with today's medical costs, it would probably take 15-20 whole chickens to equal the full cost of a visit to a doctors office for a 15 minute talking to by a doctor. The cost of health care has skyrocketed, particularly in the last 20 years. I don't know if it acually health care, or just private insurance costs that have gone up.
I live in Henderson Nevada. The Governor is going to appoint Rep Dean Heller to the Senate seat and that will free up Sharron (Crazy Sharron) Angle to fill Heller's seat in Congress. Angle will be safe in that Congressional District as it is very rural and very red. Heller on the other hand is in big, big trouble. He is on record voting for the Paul Ryan Roadmap. He is on record voting for Subsidies for oil companies, outsourcing jobs, allowing corporate Tax Havens and bigger tax cuts for corporations. Not only that, the guy is not the sharpest knife in the drawer if you know what I mean. He makes Scott Walker or Michelle Bachman look like Rhodes Scholars. He is a typical Koch Brothers robot and they better be ready to shovel a ton of money into Nevada to get him elected.
Thanks for the update from the 'ground' Rick!
Please keep us posted!
It's always great to see a post from someone who knows the scoop because he lives there. Thank you, Rick, good points.
I live in Henderson, too. Completely concur with Rick in Vegas. The biggest problem is Clark and Warsoe counties has the strongest concentration of Democrats. All other areas are strongly Republican. All we can hope is in 2012, we can get the Democrats to really show up at the polls and vote Berkley in, removing Heller or whoever the govenor may chose. I just hope 'buyers remorse' stays up front -- voters have very short memories.
I live in Henderson too. (Green Valley)
The important thing is getting a worthwhile Republican back into that seat for the next critical two years......., The last two years of Obama's dismal term. This will help to limit the damage that the walking mistake of a President can do between vacations.
Once the 2012 elections are over and done, the Republicans will have our White House back along with solid majorities in both houses of congress. It may well be considered an insult to be called a Democrat. Kind of like being referred to as an idiot.
Edward-1075991
I live in Henderson too. (Green Valley)
Once the 2012 elections are over and done, the Republicans will have our White House back along with solid majorities in both houses of congress. It may well be considered an insult to be called a Democrat. Kind of like being referred to as an idiot.
I don't much about your counties, since I don't live there. But, I do know this.
If the GOP/T-Bgger Party persists on showcasing their jokes, aka representatives and nominees like Angle, Michelle Bat sh!t crazy woman, Trump, etc. etc. etc. the 2012 election will be another easy sweep for President Obama and Democratics; end of story.
Beverly,
Let's be realistic. Trump won't be nominated, Bachman and Angle aren't running that I know of.
The Democratic Party got it's collective a$$ handed to it in November. Now what has our fearless teleprompter trooper done that will turn around the sour mood of the electorate?? And, more importantly, what will he do in the time remaining??
I submit that he has done nothing positive, that things are actually getting worse across the country. The middle class are seething with a quiet deliberate rage, and the inept administration will pay the price at the polls. What's more, he will drag down many Senators and Representatives with him. (guilt by association)
Excuse me Robert, but with all the nut jobs that are in the Republican party worthwhile sounds a bit far fetched. I definitely think you have it a$$ backwards the democrats are not the idiots.
On March 7th, Ensign announced that he was not running for another term. When asked at that time if he would resign he said that he had not broken any laws and there was no reason for him to resign. He said if he had broken any laws he would resign. Ta da...he resigned...does that mean he's afraid that he did break Senate protocol or civil laws?
Just a thought.
In the land of Loony Leftism, aka First Read , all Republicans are going to lose their election...
Back in reality land, 2012 wont be much fun for the crackpot Left.
Bob-1887910
In the land of Loony Leftism, aka First Read , all Republicans are going to lose their election...
Back in reality land, 2012 wont be much fun for the crackpot Left.
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Actually Bob, if you look at the backlash the GOP is receiving over Union bargaining rights, Medicare and their proposed budget I think sensible folks will will vote Democratic. Saw a poll yesterday...McClathchy Poll..pardon the spelling...that showed that 54% of Republicans wanted an increase in taxes on the rich..68% of Independents and 94% of Democrats. When polling people who make over $100,000 regardles of party, over 54% said the wealthiest 2% of Americans should pay more. That's exactly opposite of what their representatives in Congeress are proposing.
With respect to Medicare, it was virtually unanimous, KEEP YOUR HANDS OFF MY MEDICARE!!!
Should be interesting.
Ira, It gets even WORSE for Republicans that are holding office at various levels of government, because to the SAME POLL, 73%, 70% and 68% of Republicans, Tea Partiers AND Conservatives, respectively, oppose what is happening with regards to Medicare; and last night on the Ed Show, NOT only was the former head of the RNC, Michael Steele there, BUT you had a retired police officer and a working fire fighter on the show as well. Ironically, these men typically vote the GOP ticket, so you can imagine the shock I had when I found out that they were also UNION MEMBERS!!! For them to come out and OPENLY say that the GOP has lost them SHOULD sound off an alarm in some high ranking partymembers' brain; But hey, Bob, YOU go ahead and keep on ignoring and pushing them out from your party, and WE PROLIBDEMs will more than happy to convince them to vote "Democrat" in 2012.
But Ira and Kevin- don't get TOO comfortable.
They still got 'teleprompter' and 'Bill Ayres', you know. All the REAL 'meat and potatos cards' to play, still!
Yep...keeping on message...
And the RE-HASH of President Obama's Birth Certificate from the "Birthers".
How clumsy of me to forget, DBO.
Hell, guys- if you put your ear tightly to the wall, you can still hear 'em muttering "MaryJo Kopeckne" on a still night.
Yes it will be Booby, and in case you haven't noticed,.....the fun has already started.
What are you guys,....one-trick ponies? You got anything new, intelligent, or relevant?
Greg...
I'M ON YOUR SIDE, BRO!!!!!!!!!
Sorry dude
Nice, a little confused there Greg? No Greg has it right and he's on your side BRO!!!! You guys are clueless, but don't forget Greg is in Detroit. Hey Greg, how's Detroit these days, hopefully better since Kwame was thrown in jail for ripping you off for 8 million dollars.
I see the intellectual elite of the republicant party is trotting itself out. They are taking on the difficult task of trashing Detroit. Oh my, my, my whatever shall I do? A big, mean connie is trashing my city with his hyper-big brain!! My, My......
People trashing Detroit. Imagine that! WOW! First time I have ever heard that in my life! How original. I bet you had to scour obscure news media for hours before you could find a story that showcased the ills of Detroit. You are an investigative marvel and a certified goddamn genius. Holy mackerel! I could read by the light of your brain!!!
I am going to run straight to my calendar and mark this day down as the very, very first day someone insulted Detroit. WOW!!
3wolves: I was writing about the bone brains that are trotting out the Bill Ayres, Rev. Wright, flag lapel pin crowd that are so intellectually bankrupt that they have nothing to criticize the President with but internet hoaxes. The Progressives on my side are good people. They think their views. They're intelligent. They don't out CIA agents and call it Patriotism. You know. The fake patriots who are Tea Partiers and repiglicans that clip American flags made in China on their Honda Odyssey.
They are the same people who think destroying the unions that increase their pay and benefits is a good idea. You know the type.
Greg in Detroit
What are you guys,....one-trick ponies? You got anything new, intelligent, or relevant?
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Yeah, A brand new polls that shows that your average GOPer disagrees with the GOPers in Congress, about what THEIR agenda is They do want higher marginal rates on the poor and want to keep their medicare as is. Since this poll was yesterday, it"s new and relevant. Seems like the middle of the GOP want the same things all Americans want...the rich pay their fair share, we don't destroy our social safety nets. These folks can think and discern BS. They know raising the debt ceiling, done about 19 under George W. is the BIG LIE as it has nothing to do with creating jobs. ZERO. Sort of like argument that Iraq was responsible for 911. Say it often enough, peple will believe it.
So you birthers scream and protest, bring up all the 2008 crap, call the President a socialist and Marxist when all the facts contradict ALL that crap. Facts...doen't mean anything to these folks. Say what you want at a debate on the Senate floor...Kyl...expunge them afterward as if the didn't exist. Not going to look to good when we go to the video tape and expose the lies perpetrated by GOP Congressman
Nope Sorry Greg, I know Detroit all too well. I don't need to trash it, it does it all by itself. By the way, I'm not a Republican so nice try.
Geez, I don't think I put you down did I? I said you were clueless, but never put you down. I think you're 100% wrong to say that TEA Partiers or anybody on either party is unpatriotic, that's just plain wrong and you should know that.
Post the poll Ira. By the way who said Iraq was responsible for 9/11?
President George W. Bush...Vice President Cheney...Secty of Defense Rumsfels to name a few
Also check out the McClathy Poll....sorry about the spelling...highlighted on Last Word. It"s an independent polling company so just because it was on Last Word does not make it biased. Company is used by ALL media.
Ira, yeah, it says 70% of the TEA Party oppose Medicaid/Medicare cuts. It also says 54% oppose defense cuts too.
I disagree with the 9/11 bit though.
I could quote Bush all day...just one:
BUSH: When we consider the costs of a strategic victory for our enemies in Iraq, if we were to allow our enemies to prevail in Iraq, the violence that is now declining would accelerate and Iraq would descend into chaos. Al Qaeda would regain its lost sanctuaries and establish new ones, fomenting violence and terror that could spread beyond Iraq's borders with serious consequences for the world's economy. With such chaos in Iraq, the terrorist movement could emerge emboldened with new recruits, new resources, and an even greater determination to dominate the region and harm America, and embolden al Qaeda with access to Iraq's oil resources, could pursue its ambitions to acquire weapons of mass destruction and to attack America and other free nations. Iran would be emboldened, as well, with a renewed determination to develop nuclear weapons and impose its brand of hegemony across the Middle East. To allow this to happen would be to ignore the lessons of September 11th and make it more likely that America would suffer another attack like the one we experienced that day, a day in which 19 armed men with box cutters killed nearly 3,000 people on our soil. A day after which following that attack more than a million Americans lost work, lost their jobs.
He continually linked Iraq to 911 to give a a reason to go to war in Iraq. Of course there were those weapons of mass destruction.
Hell...just Google it....tons of You Tube videos, etc.
3WolvesandaMoon...BTW...nice talking to a man interested in facts and not the crap we all hear every day. We may disagree but we are both searching for the truth.
Ira,
Are you lying, stupid or just a lib that falls for talking points?
Bush said Al Qaeda was responsible. He said Al Qaeda had a relationship with Iraq.
Bush never said Iraq was responsible for 9/11.
Nice bit of liberal origami - taking something, twisting and folding it until it fits your disingenuous talking point.
bob-1805084
Are you lying, stupid or just a lib that falls for talking points?
Bush said Al Qaeda was responsible. He said Al Qaeda had a relationship with Iraq.
Bush never said Iraq was reponsible for 9/11.
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Bush on Cheney's remarks which were repeated umpteen times prior to the Iraqi war:
By SCOTT SHEPARD, COX NEWS SERVICE
Published 10:00 p.m., Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/default/article/Bush-No-Iraq-link-to-9-11-found-1124580.php#ixzz1KN9D22tF
WASHINGTON -- President Bush, having repeatedly linked Saddam Hussein to the terrorist organization behind the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, said yesterday there is no evidence that the deposed Iraqi leader had a hand in those attacks, in contrast to the belief of most Americans.
The president's comments came in response to a reporter's question about Vice President Dick Cheney's assertion Sunday on NBC's "Meet The Press" program that Iraq was the "geographic base" of the terrorists behind the attacks on New York and Washington.
Bush's statement was the latest in a series by administration officials this week that appeared to distance the White House from the widely held public perception that Saddam was a key figure in the attacks.
Publicly, at least, Bush has not explicitly blamed the attacks on Saddam. In speech after speech, however, the president has strongly linked Saddam and al-Qaida, the terrorist organization of bin Laden, the renegade Saudi whose followers hijacked jetliners and crashed them into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and rural Pennsylvania.
Two months earlier, in a speech aimed at mustering public support for a pre-emptive strike against Iraq, Bush said, "The attacks of September 11th, 2001, showed what the enemies of America did with four airplanes. We will not wait to see what terrorists or terrorist states could do with weapons of mass destruction."
Critics have said the steady drumbeat of that message has tied Saddam to the attacks in the mind of the public. A recent poll by The Washington Post found that nearly seven Americans out of 10 believe Saddam played a role in the Sept. 11 attacks, a notion the administration has done little to tamp down.
bob-1805084
Are you lying, stupid or just a lib that falls for talking points?
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I didn't call you a liar or stupid and I've read a ton of your posts. I might feel that way but never called you names. I have constantly been civil. Just because the set of facts I've seen and posrted contradict what you say doesn't make me wrong, or a liar or stupid. Stupid is arguing the same point over and over when the facts contradict what you say and expect a different outcome.
Happy Holiday.
So what is your point?
Bush never said Iraq was responsible for 9/11. The above confirms it. Nothing ambiguous about what Bush said above.
Regarding Cheney, the vague "geographic base" phrase taken out of context? Meet the Press leading, twisted questions?
bob-1805084
....as I said in my previous post....
Stupid is arguing the same point over and over when the facts contradict what you say and expect a different outcome.
Happy Holiday.
Ira,
You imply that I called you a liar or said you were stupid.
I asked whether you were lying, stupid or had fallen for liberal talking points.
Your interpretation of what was actually said is interesting, especially in light of the topic, huh?
Nevertheless, sorry for insinuation.
I have to go, but I will try to give another reply later. Have a good weekend, Ira.
3Wolves: I seriously don't think you could point Detroit out on a map if I held a gun to your head. You are clueless. Your post proves that you know NOTHING about this region.
I have to agree with Bob on this one. Bush and/or Cheney linked Saddam Hussain with supporting AlQuaida, but they never say that Iraq is responsible for the 9/11 attacks.
Nice try at twisting history though.
Good job Bob.
Oh yes they did. VP Cheny on Meet the Press, Sept. 14, 2003...
Cheny said on NBC's "Meet The Press" program that Iraq was the "geographic base" of the terrorists behind the attacks on New York and Washington.
The White House did everything they could to back away from that statement. Just google the topic. There is tons of information on the topic On a previous post I posted a COX news article on the topic. Try not saying something is not true without posting a single fact to refute it.
....and even to link Al-Queda to Iraq was a LIE...a huge Lie. Part of the reason 4,450 Americans have died in Iraq. You guys want to split hairs. They linked the 2. Time after time made remarks like Cheney did and no one refuted them. It became "common knowledge" that Iraq supported Al-Queda and Al-Queda was responsible for 911. Split hairs. A half truth is still a lie.
Ira,
In Yossef Bodansky's #1 New York Times Best Seller "The Secret History of the Iraq War" - Bodansky cites the January 14, 2003 raid by British security forces on a Manchester terrorist safe house in which a member of the security forces was killed, which resulted in the recovery of a quanity of ricin.
This raid was the third piece, third confirmation of a secret investigation validating Iraq's involvement in international terrorism. Because of political reasons and as a accomodation to Blair, Bodansky states that the "American public was not presented with the one of the strongest and most explicit justifications for the war with Iraq."
The investigation began on the night of September 13, 2002, as Israeli Special Forces captured a three-man squad crossing the Jordan River to enter the Palistinian territories on their way to Rahmallah. The interrogation revealed that they were highly trained members of the Bagdad-based Arab Liberation Front sent to conduct operations under the banner of Arafat's Fatah. They were dispatched by ALF Chief Muhammad Zaidan Abbas.
The three AFL told of being trained at Salman Pak, the facility 30 miles south of Bagdad by members of Unit 999, Iraqi military intelligence. They revealed an adjacent camp where a select group of Islamist, specifically identified as al-Quaeda were being trained in addition to the myriad of special operational techiques, training with chemical weapons and poisons, specifically ricin by other members of Unit 999. They talked of advanced training at Halabja - and area controlled by Ansar-al-Islam, Osama bin Laden's Kurdish offshoot in Irag.
One group was to be depolyed to Turkey to strike American bases with chemical weapons, another was deployed to Pakinsky Gore in northern Georgia to conduct operations with Chechens against Russia.
Within weeks of the ALF interrogations, Turkish forces working with American and Israeli intelligence captured two al-Quaeda operatives as they were planning the attack with chemical weapons on the US air base at Incerlict. Then on October 23, a group of Chechen and Arab terrorists captured the Moscow theater. American intelligence and other agencies determined that this the incident that the ALF had described. They moved forward in connecting all the dots which led to the raid in Manchester and ultimately were convinced by the 3 for 3 predictions of the ALF interogations the role Iraq was taking in international terrorism.
BTW - Bodansky is a former director of the Congressional Task Force on Terrorism and Unconventional Warfare, director of research at the International Strategic Studies Association, senoir editor of the Defense and Foreign Affairs, visiting scholar at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies as well as senior consultant to the US departments of State and Defense.
You still won't believe the above - it doesn't fit the liberal narrative - you can't handle it, or even begin to think it could be true.
Is it true? The guy is very credible, it makes sense especially when you read the book. (Bodansky is very critical of the Bush Administration). But I don't know.
I do know that we know hardly anything about what was actually happening. They say the truth is stranger than fiction, yet liberals think it is so straight forward, the media knows everything and everything simple - has 1/100th the complexity of an old episode of Dragnet . Pretty funny.
Speaking of WMDs, kinda funny that Bush cited the Axis of Evil. Iraq, N.Korea, Iran, Syria and libya all having nuclear programs. The left mocked and ridiculed Bush, not about Iraq, everyone in the world believed he had one, but because of all the others not having one. As history has proven - they all had programs - that is except Iraq. Yea, right.
So Bush said we weren't going to find WMD in Iraq. You guys interpret that as there were never any WMDs. Have you ever lost your keys? Did you look for them and when you couldn't find them, did you say ....... I guess they never exisited? You don't think with all the time in the run up to war, that Russia couldn't have helped Hussein deep six them, that they couldn't have been moved to Syria?
Who knows?
One thing for certain is that you guys are pretty simple, especially when you take your own source that quotes Bush as saying, confirming that Iraq was not responsible for 9/11, and having to turn it.
If you want to use the "geographic base" please provide how Cheney defined it and the relevevent text in which it was used if you want to use that as a rebuttal.
BTW - Think you know everything? What about Libya's chemical and nerve gas weapons. The rebels ransacked all his depots in Beghazi, what happened to those 2,000 mustard gas artillery shells and 1,200 nerve gas shells? Don't hear anything about that, huh? Think they never existed?
Greg,
Well since you mention gun and Detroit is pretty damn funny!! Yup you nailed me, I guess my childhood didn't happen living there. hmmmm..lets see, I guess going to Ferris didn't happened, going to the Oakland Mall with friends while in High School didn't happened, going to Cranbrook and walking around didn't happened, being born in Warren didn't happened, visiting back home and meeting friends at Johnny B's in Royal Oak didn't happened, and my favorite, going to DTE AKA Pine Knob never happened.
My posts proves it Greg doesn't it? You're clueless dude!!! Funny thing is that you can't get out of that hell hole you call Detroit can you?
"I take very seriously the importance of this appointment, so to speculate on potential candidates for appointment before then would be premature.”- Governor Brian Sandoval (R) Nevada.
"SERIOUSLY"?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Tell us, Governor: Who do you "SERIOUSLY" want to fill that seat?
Sue "Chicken Woman" Lowden OR Sharon "Lemonade Stand" Angle?
Hey everybody....there is a really neat article today in the New York Times on America's lousy mood these past two years.......and apparently..... it's not George Bush's fault after all.......whodathunkit?....
Hello Feisty Red Head.....haven't seen you around for quite awhile with all your comments being frequently closed down by the community etc.......what changed?
alwaysfaithful:
What's changed is that I keep expanding them!!
Futile.
Like all other repub actions. :o)
Hey rick, are you one of the seiu drones that rigged the voting booths for harry the fairy. where have you been feisty? i thought you and beverly were on a gambling junket with your welfare checks.
Nothing new here America! Just another "Gross Odd Person" caught in the act of Mental Madness, and spewing misinformation. This is just the beginning of many GOP/RNC poltical pukes being voted out in 2012. This is how most of the GOP/RNC will eventually go. Getting ready to vote yet America?? I hope so!
You mean corporate republican welfare?
Looks as if the Week Ahead is either really late or not happening. Have a nice weekend everyone. Think I'll head to the Dew Drop Inn.
I wasn't able to post this earlier on First Thoughts because First Read had a case of flu or something. Sorry it is off topic but everyone seems to have posted their comments about Nevada including me.
"And that's the way it is".....this week. Cheers to Governor Jan Brewer for recognizing the absurdity of Arizona's H2177 and using the Veto stamp. Even she understood that accepting baptismal and circumcision certificates as proof of citizenship but not accepting Hawaii's official, certified "Certificate of Live Birth" is beyond ridiculous.
Under pressure by republican state legislators, the Governor of Oklahoma turned down a grant of $54 million to implement and administer the Affordable Health Care Act. It seems they don't want the money because they might into the "Obamacare trap" despite having to implement the law regardless of whether they accept the money or not. Oklahoma citizens pay federal income tax and these dollars would be returned to the state but...they don't want any government money even if a good portion is theirs.
Donald Trump added more garbage to the dump truck he's driving--he claimed Bill Ayers wrote our President's first book, "Dreams from my Father". What a joke, I almost feel sorry for republicans being conned by this guy. His political views are the polar opposite of the GOP and they haven't bothered to ask.
Karl Rove declared that Trump is "off there on the nutty right." Even Rove thinks his party is chock full of nuts.
Senator John Kyl rewrote the Senate record amending his false claim about Planned Parenthood. Apparently, senators are allowed to correct statements they make whether they were intended to be "factual" or not.
Regarding Paul Ryan's medicare privatization voucher plan, Michael Steele was asked what happens when the $15,000 is gone. He said "they're (seniors) SOL, we don't know; we just have to give it a try." Okay, everyone recognizes that medicare needs to be made solvent but to just "wing" it seems idiotic. There are solutions without blowing up the excellent system currently in place--it needs tweaking but it works well and seniors love it.
Sarah Palin appeared in Madison WI at a Tea Party rally backed by Americans for Prosperity (the Koch boys' group). She probably thought she could come in and save the day for republicans but wait....the TPers were surrounded on all sides and outnumbered by thousands of Wisconsin citizens who are not pleased with the TP Governor and his legislative minions. In other words, Palin got booed--big time.
In November, Wisconsin voters approved (over 60%) a measure that requires employers to provide sick time for employees. The GOP/TP legislature passed a law over-riding the citizens vote and Governor Walker signed it into law--employees do not need sick leave and who cares what the citizens want.
Nebraska, not to be outdone by other states, has a "birther" bill that will require not just a candidate to be a U.S. citizen but both parents must also be U.S. citizens. If this bill passes, all three must provide proof of their citizenship before a candidate can run for election in Nebraska. This is so obviously a bill written by prejudiced legislators.
Florida has legislation that will require a newly married woman to present her "marriage certificate" in order to vote if the Registrar's records do not reflect the name change. Wonder if this applies to divorced women who change their name or if it only applies to women registered as democrats. What would prevent a precinct worker from giving a pass to the GOP women but not democrats? In the middle east, today there are millions yearning to cast ballots but in the USA, far too many republican run states are making it harder for voters to cast a ballot in accordance with their Constitutional rights.
Senator Tom Coburn deserves a cheer. He sent a letter to Grover Nordquist, the anti-tax guru who is the most powerful man in the GOP, asking that Nordquist get on board with his plan to eliminate the ethanol tax break (he should do the same with oil). Perhaps Coburn will lead the way for other republicans to fight the ridiculous hold Nordquist has on their party--a hold which prevents Congress from eliminating egregious loopholes and tax subsidies that are strangling the taxpayers--otherwise, the country is doomed to continue down the path of deficit and debt. One can hope that Coburn keeps up this fight.
Former Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan said all Bush tax cuts should expire; taxes should go back to the Clinton levels; eliminate the subsidies and loopholes in the tax code. The polls show that the American people realize this, too bad Congressional republicans and a handful of democrats are not listening to anyone except Grover Nordquist and the recipients of those subsidies and loophole tax breaks.
74% of Iowa republicans, and 67% of republicans nationwide believe our President was not born in Hawaii or have doubts about it. Two years ago, the number was small. These numbers are proof of the damage caused by the lies of irresponsible legislators and fire-breathing wind bags. Thank you Steve King, Limbaugh, Beck, Bachmann, Trump and friends for spreading lies and hate--if I were them, I would not venture outside in a thunderstorm for fear of a lightening strike.
Michigan's Governor Snyder took control of his first Michigan town--Benton Harbor--throwing out all the duly elected officials, cancelling contracts, firing people all because he signed a law making him King of Michigan and anything he wants, he can just seize--including an entire town. Why would he seize Benton Harbor? Because there is a beautiful park and beach along the lake belonging to the people--the perfect place to build a luxury golf resort. To date, Benton Harbor citizens have refused to sell, now the Governor can do what the rich developers want--deed the land to them.
Fidel Castro officially resigned as Cuba's leader this week. His brother Raul will take over the family dictator business. The question is whether Raul will begin to change Cuba's direction and "lean forward" just a bit for its people.
Representative Paul Ryan held a town hall in his Wisconsin district. He did not get rave reviews or applause. In fact, he met with "informed" voters; voters who have been paying attention. One constituent asked why Ryan and the GOP refuse to raise taxes on the rich--the attendee said simply "I think we're wrong on that." Ryan was booed and shouted down by those voters--seems they are not buying what he is selling.
After over a year of investigations, Senator John Ensign resigned effective May 3. A month ago when announcing he would not seek re-election in 2012, Ensign was asked why he didn't just resign. He said that resigning would be an admission of guilt.
Senator John McCain made a surprise visit to Libya today. Naturally, he ignored the waters edge and critized President Obama--McCain's idea is to send in American troops with the USA leading the charge. We've been there, McCain, twice; that's enough.
Jody,
You should post the source to your cut and paste and not call it your own. Very unprofessional of you and it's illegal. Pretty sure First Read doesn't care since they over look other crimes people commit on here like threatening Congressman's lives and such.
3WolvesandaMoon,
Actually Moon Wolfe, Jody has been writing this weekly summary of events in politics for a while and there is no cut and paste to it other than from her WP to this board, if that.
I see you have been a Newsvine member for only a few weeks, so perhaps you should watch and learn for a while before you make embarrassing statements about people that have been posting to this blog for over 3 years.
BTW, Jody, another great week in politics as is observed and well written by you.
3Wolfves Dennis is giving you good advice there I hope you accept it in the spirit with which it is intended.................Jody as always very good and very apropo.............May the peace of the season dwell in all my friends houses this Easter and Passover.
So a piece written by Moon Wolfe and Jody called it her own? I guess you're right Dennis, it's not cut and paste. Ok, I'll sit back and watch others take credit for others work, my bad. At least you protect your friend even that she is wrong, very ethical.
3WolvesandaMoon,
Moon Wolfe is you in case you didn’t understand.
But if you are saying that you wrote it then please provide a link otherwise you just embarrassed yourself again.
Hey Sandoval, show some guts. Penn Jillette; problem solved.
If the governor is serious about repairing the state budget, he would have to appoint someone that would not require a 'special election'.
Blair,
The Governor can appoint a Senator but not a Representative. A special election is not required to replace John Ensign but if he picks Representative Dean Heller to replace Ensign then a special election would be required to replace Heller.
The Governor might want to give some thought to his appointment it could cost him his job if not careful.Remember the people have already rejected Engle as a right wing kook
Nevada has the highest percentages of unemploment, foreclosures, illegals, crime per capita, drug use per capita, gambling addicts, prostitutes per capita and it also is the celebrated home of the honorable Senator Harry Reid.
Yeah Bighorn. "Nevada's a Right to work" too isn't it? What happened? I thought RTW was a guarantee of meteoric increases in good-paying jobs. North Carolina, another RTW state, crashing too?
A pity.
Kinda' puts yet another hole in the bold and wonderful republican manifesto, don't it?
REPUBLICANISM IS TOXIC TO THE WORKING CLASS, AND IT IS BAD FOR AMERICA.
We got the most alchoholics too.
WOW!! Harry Reid brought the casinos in there? Who knew?
The people of Nevada pick the officials that represent what they stand for and their values. Angel is clearly a nut and users for greed and has the backing of her supporters to make sure they end up with nothing. Who knows with the Christian Family Values shown by Senator Ensign he is qualified to run for President Republican/Tea Party. With new looking for and up grade wife and The Donald looking for a new Foreign wife who knows Nevada could have the next President from their State.